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1. Add MS 5036-5062

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Add MS 5036-5062
Title:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works
Scope & Content:
A collection of pieces, including motets, madrigals, masses, anthems, duets and other works. Prefixed to Add MS 5036 is a letter from Gabriel Mathias to the trustees of the British Museum, containing an extract from the will of James Mathias esq, from which it appears that these volumes are all...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
before 1760
Extent:
27 volumes

2. Add MS 5319-5337

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Add MS 5319-5337
Title:
Manuscript music presented by Sir John Hawkins
Scope & Content:
A collection of manuscript music formerly owned by Sir John Hawkins, chiefly copied by Mr. John Stanley
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
19 volumes

3. Add MS 5337

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Add MS 5337
Title:
A collection of incidental music from operas, madrigals, sonatas, catches, glees, a duet from an oratorio and a canon
Scope & Content:
The contents of this MS. are in different hands. ff. 1-42. Incidental music, by Henry Purcell, in score; early 18th cent. The symphonies are written for flutes, oboes, strings, etc., and, in the case of no. 2, for trumpets also. 1. [The Masque in] 'Timon of Athens' [1694]. f. 1. 2. 'The Musick ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 14123

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Add MS 14123
Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'S. Evgenia', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'S. Evgenia': Oratorio in 3 acts, for solo voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, oboes, strings, etc., in score, by Porpora, 1721. Autograph. The characters are S. Philippo, Claudia, Gian Cola, Bubbo, Sergio, Melanzia, Sta. Eugenia, Valerio the prefect of Alex...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

5. Add MS 14123-14124

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Add MS 14123-14124
Title:
Oratorios in full score, not quite complete, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Autograph
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721-1748
Extent:
2 volumes

6. Add MS 14124

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Add MS 14124
Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'Oratorio per la Nascita di Gesu Cristo' (sc.'II Verbo incarnato'?), in two parts, for 3 solo voices (Peace, Justice, and Truth), with symphonies and accompaniments for psaltery, horns (hunting and otherwise), flutes, bassoons, and strings, in score, by Nicolo Porpora, 1748. Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1748
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

7. Add MS 14136

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Add MS 14136
Title:
Niccolò Jommelli: 'La Passione di Gesu Christo', oratorio
Scope & Content:
'La Passione di Gesu Christo': Oratorio, in two parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, flutes, and strings, in score; the words by Abbate Pietro Metastasio, the music by Nicolò Jommelli. The characters are Saints Pietro, Mad[d]alena, Giovanni, and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1742
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

8. Add MS 14147

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Add MS 14147
Title:
Two oratorios by Giovanni Battista de Orchis
Scope & Content:
Two Oratorios in two parts, written for solo voices with instrumental accompaniment, in score, by Giovanni Battista de Orchis. Autograph. 1. 'Oratorio sacro del Glorioso S. Gaetano'; with trumpets, oboes, etc. The characters are:— Genio Celeste, Speranza, Roma, S. Gaetano, and Genio Maligno. f....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1755
Extent:
1 volume (279 folios)

9. Add MS 14157

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Add MS 14157
Title:
A collection of recitatives, arias, cantatas and a madrigal
Scope & Content:
passim. Recitatives, Arias, etc., with accompaniments for strings and other instruments named below, in score; 18th century. 1. 'Dolci fresche aurette': recitative and aria [from 'Polifemo,' 1734]. 'Nicolò Porpora.' ff. 16-21. 2. 'Deh uieni, Idolo mio': recitatives and duet, by the same. f. 30. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14175

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Add MS 14175
Title:
Collection of songs, motets, operas and oratorio excerpts
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-172. 'Mottetti,' etc., for one voice, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings and a bass for harpsichord or organ, in score (unless the contrary is stated). Nos. 1-5 are by Letterio Ferrari and in his autograph. 1. 'Ardet coelesti face.' f. 1. 2. 'Salue, Regina.' f. 5. 3. 'Rident in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume